E-Lert # 329 / Cyberavis no. 329
Friday June 5, 2009 / le vendredi
5 juin 2009
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CARL COMMUNIQUÉ
/ COMMUNIQUÉ DE l’ABRC
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries welcomes Brock University Library
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) welcomes the Brock
University Library as the newest member of the Association. “The Brock
University Library shares with other CARL members a community of interest
in the expansion of the research enterprise in Canada” said Michael
Ridley, Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Librarian at the University
of Guelph. “The Library is well positioned to contribute to the CARL
mission with its collections, its focus on the research enterprise, and
the
expertise of its professional staff.” ( PDF
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L’Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada accueille la Brock University Library
L’Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada (ABRC)
accueille la Brock University Library à titre de nouveau membre.
« La bibliothèque à Brock University partage avec
les autres membres de l’ABRC son intérêt dans l’expansion
de l’œuvre de recherche au Canada », a déclaré
Michael Ridley, Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Librarian,
University of Guelph, « Cette bibliothèque est sûrement
en mesure de contribuer à la mission de l’ABRC avec ses collections,
son intérêt pour l’œuvre de recherche et la compétence
de ses
professionnels. » ( PDF
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The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and Canadiana.org
host a celebration to launch the Canadiana.org Digital Collection Builder
June 1, 2009
Dean Del Mastro, Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable James Moore,
Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, addressed the guests
which included researcher, archivists, librarians, IT professionals and
others attending the event. “Investing in the Digital Collection Builder
is another way in which our Government is taking action to help make Canada’s
cultural resources more readily available to those who wish to use them,
by making them available online,” said Dean Del Mastro. “I also
believe it’s an important step towards showcasing the richness and
variety of our heritage collections.” ( PDF
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L’Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada (ABRC)
et Canadiana.org célèbrent le lancement du Générateur
de collections numériques (GCN) de Canadiana.org
1 juin 2009
Le secrétaire parlementaire de l’Honorable James Moore, Ministre
du Patrimoine canadien et des Langues officielles, Dean Del Mastro,
a adressé la parole aux chercheurs, archivistes bibliothécaires,
et aux professionnels de la TI qui ont participé au lancement. « L’investissement
dans le Générateur de collections numériques est une
autre façon par laquelle notre gouvernement s’efforce de rendre
les ressources culturelles du Canada plus facilement accessibles aux personnes
qui veulent les utiliser en les rendant disponibles en ligne »
a dit Dean Del Mastro. « Il s’agit aussi, a‑t‑il
poursuivi, d’une étape importante pour faire valoir la richesse
et la variété de nos collections patrimoniales. »
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Lynn Copeland Appointed to the CARL Board /
The Board is pleased to announce that it has appointed Lynn Copeland, University Librarian & Dean of Library Services at Simon Fraser University, as the representative on the Board of the Western Region. She will hold that appointment until the 2010 Annual General Meeting, when an elected representative of the region will join the Board.
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Lynn Copeland Nommé au Conseil de l’ABRC
Le Conseil d’Administration est heureux d’annoncer qu’il a nommé Lynn Copeland, University Librarian & Dean of Library Services à Simon Fraser University, représentante au Conseil de la région de l’Ouest. Elle tient ce poste jusqu'à l’assemblée générale annuelle de 2010, où un(e) représentant(e) élu(e) se joindra au Conseil.
NEWS / NOUVELLES
Directors of 10 US and Canadian university presses endorse Open Access
Peter Suber
Open Access News, June 3, 2009
Directors of the University Press of Florida, University of Akron Press, University Press of New England, Athabasca University Press, Wayne State University Press, University of Calgary Press, University of Michigan Press, Rockefeller University Press, Penn State University Press, and University of Massachusetts Press issued a statement in support of the broadest possible dissemination of scholarly research. The organizers welcome signatures from additional university presses. *
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/06/10-university-presses-endorse-oa.html
[Also covered by Inside Higher Ed: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/04/open]
AFMC Resource Group on Libraries and Standing Committee on Research and Graduate Studies urge the Canadian Government to reconsider funding cuts to the NRC’s and Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information
June 2, 2009
The 70% budget cuts the National Research Council has announced for the
Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) are severe
and counterproductive to the increasing demand for reliable information
from health practitioners, scholars, students and consumers say members
of the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC). “As
Canada’s national science library, CISTI provides essential publication
collections, analytical personnel and leadership that are crucial to knowledge
translation and delivery in Canada” says Patrick Ellis, Chair of AFMC’s Resource
Group on Libraries.*
http://www.afmc.ca/news-press-releases-details-e.php?pid=51
Collaboration driving R&D in Atlantic Canada
Keith Ashfield
RE$EARCH MONEY, Volume 23, Number 9, June 2, 2009
Robust research and development (R&D) is central to healthy, productive, sustainable economies. The fruits of innovation — whether they emerge from the laboratories of private industry or from colleges and universities — materially improve our standard of living, our quality of life, and enhance Canada’s competitive edge around the world. For a variety of reasons, Atlantic Canada has historically experienced a much lower level of business-performed research than the national average. Post-secondary institutions have carried out the bulk of that research activity in this region, and they are instrumental in forging stronger linkages between the research community and industry. This growing culture of collaboration is showing sustained results. The Atlantic economy is seeing continued growth in many technology-based sectors and a strengthening of local and regional innovation systems.*
Le gouvernement du Canada participe au lancement d'un logiciel
novateur qui aidera les organismes culturels à améliorer l'accès
à leurs collections numériques
1 juin 2009
Au nom de l'honorable James Moore, ministre du Patrimoine canadien et des
Langues officielles, M. Dean Del Mastro, secrétaire parlementaire
du ministre du Patrimoine canadien et député de Peterborough,
a participé au lancement du logiciel Générateur
de collections numériques, développé par l'organisme
www.Canadiana.org
grâce au financement du gouvernement du Canada. "Internet est
si vaste que la numérisation des collections canadiennes n'est qu'une
première étape. Nous devons maintenant rendre ces collections
accessibles à tous et faciles à consulter, a déclaré
M. Del Mastro. Voilà exactement ce que seront en mesure de faire
nos bibliothèques, nos services d'archives et autres organismes patrimoniaux
grâce à ce nouveau logiciel."*
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Patrimoine-Canadien-997789.html
Raymond Bachand annonce la création d'un groupe-conseil
sur la Stratégie québécoise de la recherche et de l'innovation
2010-2013
1 juin 2009
Le ministre des Finances et ministre du Développement économique,
de l'Innovation et de l'Exportation, M. Raymond Bachand, a annoncé
aujourd'hui la création d'un groupe-conseil sur la
Stratégie québécoise de la recherche et de l'innovation
(SQRI). «La SQRI, lancée par notre
gouvernement en décembre 2006 et qui couvrait la période 2007-2010,
a contribué à l'essor de plusieurs secteurs porteurs. En cette
période de turbulences économiques, nous devons plus que jamais
persister dans nos efforts et être prêts à réviser
nos façons de faire. Dans ce contexte, la création du groupe-conseil
s'avère essentielle : c'est l'occasion pour nous de nous projeter
dans l'avenir, de consolider et de développer les domaines de force
du Québec et, ultimement, de mettre à jour la Stratégie»,
a annoncé le ministre Raymond Bachand.*
http://qgov.newswire.ca/gouvqc/communiques/GPQF/Juin2009/01/c9706.html
Bottom of filing cabinet yields top-drawer discovery
Globe and Mail, May 30, 2009
Although the document is not exactly the Magna Carta, it was penned around
the same time, in similar Latin script, on English parchment. Its age aside,
one of its most intriguing aspects is how it has resurfaced centuries later:
in a filing cabinet at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario during
an office reorganization last summer.*
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/bottom-of-filing-cabinet-yields-top-drawer-discovery/article1161427/
2009 OCUL Outstanding Contribution Award goes to the TUG Primo
Implementation Team
May 28, 2009
The TUG Primo Implementation Team is the recipient of the 2009 OCUL Outstanding
Contribution Award. The work of the TUG Primo Implementation Team, composed
of members of the libraries of the University of Guelph, Wilfrid Laurier
University and the University of Waterloo, embodies the OCUL vision statement
by exemplifying “the collaborative development and delivery of outstanding
and innovative library services that are critical to the success of Ontario’s
universities”. *
http://www.ocul.on.ca/docs/OCUL%20award.pdf
Lancement d’une consultation publique sur l’Internet
du futur
20 Mai 2009
Cette consultation porte notamment sur l’identification des thématiques
liées au concept d’Internet du Futur (technologies du «
cœur de réseau », réseaux d’accès,
réseaux spontanés, Internet des objets, contenus, usages et
services), l’organisation de la recherche en France dans ce domaine,
la coordination des plateformes d’expérimentation, l’organisation
des pôles de compétitivité TICs sur cette thématique,
la normalisation, les actions à mettre en œuvre pour préparer
l’industrie française à ces changements importants.
Elle permettra de définir un plan d’actions destiné
à positionner favorablement la France dans le développement
de l’Internet du Futur, et favoriser ainsi les retombées économiques
et industrielles du pays.*
http://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/cid27731/lancement-une-consultation-publique-sur-internet-futur.html
Cabinet Office names Director of Digital Engagement
May 13, 2009
The [UK]Cabinet Office recently appointed Andrew Stott to the new role
of Director of Digital Engagement, a position created to take forward the
Power
of Information agenda. The Director of Digital Engagement will
be based in Government Communications at the Cabinet Office and will engage
Government departments to encourage, support and challenge them in moving
from communicating to citizens on the web to conversing and collaborating
with them through digital technology.*
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/newsroom/news_releases/2009/090513_digital.aspx
ARTICLES
The Library RebootedScott Corwin et al
strategy+business, Issue 54, Spring 2009
The Internet has supplanted the library’s core function of giving
users access to much of the world’s information in about the same
time it takes them to start their computers. In the era of the instantaneous
Google search, information research and retrieval are irrevocably changed.
How to stay relevant? Library administrators have grappled with that question
for years as more and more information migrates to the Web. The question
has become especially pressing amid a global economic downturn that is reducing
libraries’ funding at a time when they want to experiment and stake
out new territory in the networked, digital future. Corwin et al offer seven
imperatives for library leaders to address the relevance challenge, and
steer libraries “away from a conventional mindset toward one that
is analytical and pragmatic about opportunities, yet open to transformation
and effective at implementing new strategies.” *
http://www.strategy-business.com/press/article/09108?gko=ef8aa-1876-27600325
Innovate: Journal of Online Education – special issue on
online and virtual learning environments
Volume 5, Issue 5, June/July 2009
Virtual worlds and simulations present educators with seemingly limitless
opportunities for enhancing learning. At the same time, they must also grapple
with the challenges that arise with novel ways of communicating, connecting,
sharing, and knowing. This special issue of Innovate offers a collection
of frameworks, design experiences, research results, and informed opinions
that seek to advance our understanding of effective teaching and learning
in these new environments.*
http://innovateonline.info/?view=issue
Open minds – an interview with Rune Nilsen, Professor of
International Health, University of Bergen
Ingrid Cutler
Sciencom Info: Nordic-Baltic Forum for Scientific Communication, Number
2, 2009
Rune Nilsen discusses motivations for doing research, and shares his views
on knowledge as a public good, Open Access and how to promote it. He also
summarizes recent activity in Norway around Institutional Repositories and
Open Access.
http://nile.lub.lu.se/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/1622/1312
RESOURCES / RESSOURCES
Locks and Gears: Digital Repositories and the Digital Commons
John Wilbanks, VP Science, Creative Commons, May 27, 2009
As VP of Science, John Wilbanks runs the Science Commons project at Creative
Commons. He also serves on the Advisory Boards of the U.S. National Library
of Medicine’s PubMed Central, the Open Knowledge Foundation, the Open
Knowledge Definition, and the International Advisory Board of the Prix Ars
Electronica’s Digital Communities awards, and on the Board of Directors
of the Fedora Commons digital repository organization.*
http://scienceblogs.com/commonknowledge/2009/05/video_of_talk_online.php
Freedom Of Expression Vs. DRM: The First Empirical Assessment
Patricia Akester
Intellectual Property Watch, May 25, 2009
Copyright incentives and rewards to producers of works have been able to
exist alongside other values, such as freedom of expression. Changes in
the way information products are disseminated, however, raise questions
about the compatibility of those values with the new modes of dissemination.
So far, studies devoted to digital rights management (DRM) and copyright
exceptions have noted, theoretically, its legal implications. Akester fills
an existing gap by examining the impact of DRM on content users’ ability
to take advantage of certain exceptions to copyright through empirical lines
of enquiry.*
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/05/25/freedom-of-expression-versus-drm-the-first-empirical-assessment/
[Full report]
Lancement du rapport sur l’apprentissage virtuel du Conseil canadien
sur l’apprentissage
21 mai 2009
Un nouveau rapport du Conseil canadien sur l’apprentissage (CCA)
jette un regard unique sur l’apprentissage virtuel au Canada, affirmant
que celui-ci pourrait contribuer à améliorer la compétitivité
économique du pays en plus de préparer les Canadiens aux exigences
du XXIe siècle. Plusieurs enjeux freinent toutefois la capacité
du Canada à bénéficier sans réserve de son plein
potentiel.*
http://www.ccl-cca.ca/CCL/Newsroom/Releases/20090514E-Learning.htm?Language=FR
[English : http://www.ccl-cca.ca/CCL/Newsroom/Releases/20090514E-Learning.htm?Language=EN
]
EVENTS / ÉVÉNEMENTS
The Second International m-libraries Conference
Vancouver, 23 - 24 June 2009
The University of British Columbia, Athabasca University, the Open University
(UK) and Thompson Rivers University are hosting this year’s mobile
libraries conference. The aim of the conference is to explore and share
work carried out in libraries around the world to deliver services and resources
to users on the move via mobile or handheld devices, including mobile and
smartphones, PDAs, portable gaming devices, MP3 players and ebook readers.*
http://m-libraries2009.ubc.ca/
*Text adapted from source / Texte adapté de la source
